Concurrent engineering for product development in a supply chain | |
| Author | Vo Dinh Nhat Quang |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. ISE-01-27 |
| Subject(s) | Business logistics New products |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Increasing customer demands, globalization, deregulation, limited resources, and the advance of information technology are among the major forces shaping today's competitive business enviromnent. These forces gave bi1ih to the Supply Chain Management concept, which helps supply chains manage supply processes to satisfy customers in a most beneficial and competitive manner. Product development is a critical phase of supply process since it determines product functionality, product costs and quality, and product time-to-market. Concurrent Engineering has been widely recognized in the literature as an approach to slash time, lower cost, and increase product quality simultaneously. Pressures are more intense in high-tech industries of short life cycle products. These products are normally complex, and new generations are frequently introduced in response to changing requirements in product functionality. Besides, customers demand lower cost and higher quality products. It means that efficient product development processes are required along supply chains rather than in isolated manufacturers. Joint utilization of Concurrent Engineering and Supply Chain Management concepts is proposed as an approach for the requirement. This thesis work studies a case of development of high-tech, complex, and sho1i life cycle products in real world. A method is developed afterwards as an attempt to introduce a tool capable of guiding manufacturers on the way to improve their product development processes towards the achievement of supply chain product goals. |
| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Tripathy, Arabinda |
| Examination Committee(s) | Paul, Himangshu;Anulark Techanitisawad |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 |